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Former jockey Danny Brock has been banned for 15 years by a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) independent disciplinary panel. Brock was found to have breached the rules regarding corruption and fraud and he was subject to a BHA disciplinary hearing in December. Five other individuals--Sean McBride, assistant trainer to his father Philip 'Charlie' McBride, Luke Olley, Eugene Maloney, Andrew Perring and Luke Howells--were collectively found to have profited from Brock's corruption and were also tried at the December disciplinary hearing. The rules breaches were in regard to a trio of...

Sir Mark Todd, who had been placed in an interim suspension by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) on Feb. 16, received a four-month suspension, with two months deferred, following a BHA independent disciplinary panel hearing on Thursday. Todd had been charged with conduct prejudicial to the reputation of racing in February, after a video emerged on social media of him striking a horse with a branch in August of 2020. The 65-year-old had been knighted in 2013 for his services to equestrian sport. Although Todd issued an apology, his licence...